The Vatican appears in need of a serious media consultant. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the UN, has issued a defense that boils down to insisting that implicated priests were not pedophiles but homosexuals who liked young boys — and besides no more than five percent of priests had sex with children . . . and Jews and Protestants do it more.
Tomasi made his confrontational statement following a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva, insisting only 1.5%-5% of Catholic clergy were involved in child sex abuse. Tomasi seems to think that the faithful can rest assured that the likelihood that the priest will sexually assault your child is only 5 out of every 100 priests. Those are odds that are viewed as more than adequate in Vegas.
He also insisted that it is more likely that your child will be abused by Protestant or Jewish religious leaders — making the Catholic Church a virtual safe zone if you are going on purely the average likelihood of a rape. That could lead to a new campaign: “Go Catholic: We are Statistically Less Likely to Rape Your Child.”
Besides, Tomasi insisted “[o]f all priests involved in the abuses, 80 to 90% belong to this sexual orientation minority which is sexually engaged with adolescent boys between the ages of 11 and 17.” He insisted most of the accused priests are homosexuals who simply liked younger partners.
The angry response came after Keith Porteous Wood of the International Humanist and Ethical Union accused the Church of covering up child abuse and being in breach of several articles under the Convention on the Rights of the Child: “The many thousands of victims of abuse deserve the international community to hold the Vatican to account, something it has been unwilling to do, so far. Both states and children’s organizations must unite to pressure the Vatican to open its files, change its procedures worldwide, and report suspected abusers to civil authorities.”
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Bron, you used a “curious statement”, that I feel needs clarification(if you can). You stated that pedophiles are a class unto themselves. Pedophilia is defined as a form of sexual paraphilia. It is a form of sexual deviance Bron/Byron. Heterosexuals and Homosexuals are both forms of sexual orientation. What form of sexual orientation is pedophilia Bron? Thrall me with your acumen, as I am such a neophyte in the discipline of behavioral science..
Dolt is a comforting word for you to use Bron/Byron, after all it is only one syllable..
Again, we need to end the personal attacks and attacks on this blog. With so many juvenile blogs to chose from, this is one blog that avoids personal attacks. If someone is attacking you personally, you can contact me. Keep the passion and drop the personal stuff, please.
On further reflection, the word “dolt” just dosn’t come to mind when trying to describe you Byron/Bron. “Pusillanamous”, I think is a word that more “accurately” reflects your personality type.
Must not have a very good secretary. An attorney worth its weight is balalnced with a secretary that knows more than they!
Too bad your attorney friend has to work. I wonder how much it cost you to talk to him…..
Make sure you share some of that kool-aid with “buddhapest” bron/byron..
I asked my attorney friend from Los Angeles to read your juvenile posts Buddha, he “howled” with laughter. “Real” attorneys practice law, they don’t “play” on the internet all day. Thats’ why my friend has “million dollar settlemnts” and you and Byron/Bron marinate in a delusional world of self validation and overt narcissicsm. It must be comforting to know that you found a ready form of “narcissistic supply” in Bron/Byron. You two “trolls” have a nice time tooting your horns. “Sadly”, you both reek of insecurity..
Hey now, if I was still duece a noid I would still think that that was directed at me yet again.
Ah ha, I guess it is better to keep my mouth shut than to prove to the world that they were indeed correct and that I have removed any and all doubt.
Oops, I almost did. Swoosh.
Col. Mouseturd in deed.
Byron,
Colonel Mustard: Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?
Wadsworth: You don’t need any help from me, sir.
Colonel Mustard: That’s right!
billywayne:
at least call me stupid in an eloquent manor, like Buddha or Mespo or Gyges or Mike S or Mike A or AY would. Make me work to figure out that you are calling me a dolt.
It’s a poverty of thought to just call someone stupid.
You are adept at one thing and one thing only wayne.
Being a self-blind tool for the agenda of others because you are attempting to substitute their idiotic dogma for your pure lack of conscience. It’s called “cover” and it’s something sociopaths and psychopaths seek to draw attention away from their dangerous mental disorders. You desperately cling to the illusion you are capable of ethical behavior by hiding by dogma – which we all know is not ethics but rather the biased talking points of a religious organization designed to perpetuate the organization or provide succor to the greedy and pedophiles that organization hides within its ranks.
You are very good at making yourself look like either 1) a crazy person [my vote, Mr. Try To Kick My Ass] or 2) a chump and a sucker. Conveniently these states are not mutually exclusive and are accurate in describing your actions, wayne.
But you couldn’t make Byron look stupid if you brought an army of sociopaths to help you. He’s way out of your league too, sport.
I know one thing I am very adept at Bryon, “making you look stupid”..
I have a good deal of in formation about the RCC, correct Bryon/Bron, you “sadly” don’t have a good deal of information about “anything”..
billy:
you are just a boring one trick pony, RCC or bust. You have a good deal of knowledge about one thing. Don’t they call those types of people idiot savants? Are you adept at counting cards to?
billy/wayne/et al:
all I can say is you don’t know me so I will leave it at that.
For the other part I really don’t care what people do with their lives, I am a live and let live person. I only have one real conviction and that is I want to be left alone by government, by religion and by people who think they know what is best for me and my family. You strike me as someone who would, if given enough power, either convert people or kill them and let God sort them out. You are no different from some totalitarian thug like a Hitler or Stalin who enslaves people in their delusional view of Utopia. One puts God as the object of worship, the other the state. There is no difference.
Your RCC should have gotten rid of the child molesters and should not have protected them, it was evil. The info I have read is that pedophiles are a class unto themselves and only care about the age of the child. I haven’t read enough to know what that age is, some will molest infants, some 8 year olds, some 12 year olds. What is the common denominator, probably prepubescent. If a priest molested a 16 year old then I would agree that they are most probably gay. If they molest a 10 year old I would assume pedophile. Either way they have committed a crime and your RCC has endorsed and sponsored said crime, the fact that they are hetero or homo is not the issue, the crime of child molestation is the issue and the cover up of said crime.
Those priests should be in jail, why aren’t they? You think the Pope doesn’t know what Father Benigan down at St. Mathews is doing? BS, he knows, Popes are not stupid men (well maybe a couple). They sponsor pedophilia by their silence and unwillingness to prosecute.
The RCC is generally a force for good, but they are doing the devils work on this one.
You also pretended to have a genuine interest in Catholicism, I realized this was all a ruse to “ingratiate” as well. You have know shame and apparently will say or do just about anything to “open a can of worms”. I believe sincerely in what I believe, in listening to your fawning praise of “your” admirers the only thing I have deduced is that you are lonely. I don’t believe that you believe in ANYTHING! You claim to be a conservative, but you never challenge or debate anyones’ liberal view points, because you are so weak you know you can’t win the argument or you are not actually a real conservative and will invariably say anything, for the sake of saying it. In either case, the only thing I have yet to see from you on this blog is the shamelss praise from a lonely man, with ZERO conviction about anything. At least I have the heart and conviction to stand up and be counted. You are just a boring sycophant, enjoy the kool-aid..
No Bron, I think you are a duplicitous little “brown-noser”, who is very immature. You will invariably do something that is reflective of your personlity disorder, like “hi-jack somebody’s sobriquet”, probably posting from an internet cafe. In the hopes of scoring some points with “your admirers”, you comport yourself like a five year old starving for the validation of a parent! Sadly you probably don’t have any body to hang out with, or validate you outside of this blog. You have attacked me relentlessly, but have yet to refute any of my cogently presented and factual arguments, at least the others have made an attempt Byron/Bron. TTFN
billy:
“I realize I have few friends on this blog, but I wasn’t expecting to make that many with my religious beliefs..”
I don’t think it is because of your religious beliefs, most people here seem to be agnostics, deists or atheists but they typically live and let live as far as religion goes unless you shove some bravo sierra up their backsides.
As to the Bron98 issue, I was banned and paid my debt. The professor was kind enough to let me back on and I have not posted as someone else since. Obviously you do not believe in redemption, so I seriously doubt you are much of a christian in the true sense of the word. But then I find that a good deal in people that profess their beliefs from the highest mountain tops, they usually are anything but good Christians. I always say that when someone starts talking about how christian they are grab your wallet and make sure you have steel underwear on because you are going to be robbed and then f……. right in the a…… That bit of advice has never been wrong.
Typically people that have no faith are usually much more kind to people because they do not believe that one’s reward is in heaven but here on earth and so they treat people accordingly.
You are without a doubt a disturbed individual and certainly no evangelist for your faith. I bet skunks convert more people, at least the skunk is honest in that it stinks by it’s nature and people understand it cannot help itself. When you see a skunk you usually say “oh please God don’t let him spray”. So if he doesn’t spray there is always the possibility for a conversion due to a miracle.
Maybe I have hit on something, you are so obnoxious that we are all praying you don’t post. I figured out how you can have a massive conversion on this website – just don’t post and we will all, in unison say “thank you Jesus, praise God it is a miracle”.
Well good night Judge, I just checked the blog to see if you had responded to my challenge. I didn’t think you would, you have already proven to be deceptive and disingenuous in our past debates, so the beat goes on. I was wondering if Byron got “busted” again for “ripping off” other peoples’ “sobriquets”? I understand he has history of this type of chicanery. If I’m not mistaken he may have even pretended to be me in a past blog..
AY, that is no way to talk to me. I admit you are a “wordsmith, and have more “clever” sayings than Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Byron/Bron(?) is very deceptive and has a past history of doing some less than wonderful things…